赠别二首
杜牧
其一
娉娉袅袅十三余，豆蔻梢头二月初。
春风十里扬州路，卷上珠帘总不如。
Parting， Two Poems
Du Mu
I
She is beautiful， slender， a little more than thirteen，
Looking like cardamom at a spray’s tip in early spring.
Along Yangzhou’s ten-li way in vernal breeze， it’ll be seen，
All pearly screens rolled up， she’s among all the most charming.
其二
多情却似总无情，唯觉尊前笑不成。
蜡烛有心还惜别，替人垂泪到天明。
II
Much tenderness， yet little affection it seems；
At farewell feast there isn’t a smile which with feelings beams.
Candles with wicks still will for separation mourn；
They will shed their tears for others till it is dawn.
